Central Arkansas

Glass recycling partners join forces

EPIC Glass Recycling is partnering with ACE Glass and Plastics Recycling which is ramping up plans to build a glass recycling plant in North Little Rock just east of I-440….

Gov. Sanders re-appoints Susannah Marshall as State Bank Commissioner

Gov. Sarah Sanders has re-appointed Susannah Marshall as Commissioner of the Arkansas State Bank Department. Marshall is the 22nd Bank Commissioner of Arkansas. Marshall has served as the Arkansas State…

Arkansas tech startup GoodChange accepted into national accelerator program

Emily Wineland and Becky Pittman, founders of Arkansas-based fundraising technology company GoodChange, have been accepted into the nationally focused Higher Ground Labs (HGL) Accelerator’s sixth cohort. HGL’s Accelerator is a…

The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts is bringing ‘something new’

Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts executive director Dr. Victoria Ramirez is ready to wear a new hat. With renovation of the new museum in Little Rock’s MacArthur Park complete, Ramirez…

Rep. French Hill tackles broadband vote, COVID relief fraud, party politics

U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, shared his views on a variety of subjects ranging from his vote on infrastructure and broadband funding to COVID relief fraud to Russia and…

Summit Utilities announces Bob Gunderman as Chief Financial Officer

Summit Utilities has named Bob Gunderman as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. He will be based in Little Rock. Gunderman is the former CFO of Windstream Holdings and has…

Central Arkansas Water partners with Promise to offer no-fee payment plans

Central Arkansas Water (CAW) has partnered with Promise to offer customers a way to set up no-fee payment plans for past-due water and sewer charges. Promise has partnered with utilities…

Senior Market Sales acquires Little Rock-based The ASA Group

Omaha-based Senior Market Sales (SMS) has acquired The ASA Group, a Little Rock-based brokerage general agency serving insurance and financial planning professionals across the country for more than four decades….

Metroplan announces ‘Regional Greenways’ plan for Central Arkansas

Metroplan, the Central Arkansas infrastructure planning coalition, recently adopted a plan called “Regional Greenways,” which will further develop the bike trail system in the center of the state. The Central…

LRCVB launches redesigned website

The Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) launched its newly redesigned website, littlerock.com. The revamped website aims to provide a more immersive and user-friendly experience for visitors and locals,…

Westrock Coffee to add 600 new jobs with $300 million investment in Conway

Westrock Coffee is investing $300 million to expand its development, production, and distribution facility in Conway, creating 600 jobs over five years that will pay average annual salaries of about…

UAMS Bone Research Center secures $11 million

A federal grant of more than $11 million will provide five additional years of support to the Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research led by Charles O’Brien, Ph.D., at the University…

Sens. Boozman, Cotton announce $50 million in DOT funding for Russellville, Bryant projects

U.S. Senators John Boozman, R-Ark., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark. announced two U.S. Department of Transportation grants have been awarded to infrastructure projects in Arkansas. The city of Russellville will receive…

Philander Smith College names Hopson as interim president

Philander Smith College (PSC) announced Thursday (June 22) the appointment of Cynthia Bond Hopson, Ph.D., to interim president. Reporting to the board of trustees, Hopson will oversee the college’s strategic…

Mitchell Williams adds attorneys to national insurance regulatory practice

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C., a law firm with offices in in Little Rock, Rogers and Jonesboro as well as Austin, Texas, has added attorneys David Donahue, Jeff…

Ark Angel Alliance hires Melissa Kempkes as executive director

The Ark Angel Alliance announced Tuesday (June 20) it has hired Melissa Kempkes as its new executive director. She replaces David Moody who has taken another job, but will remain…

Arkansas Humanities Council promotes Clements, Jones

The Arkansas Humanities Council, an Arkansas non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for Humanities, announced the promotion of Ann Clements to Director of Education and Adrienne Jones to Associate Director….

Stone Bank purchases former Bank OZK headquarters building

Stone Bank has acquired the building at the corner of Chenal Parkway and Markham in west Little Rock for $9.5 million. The building was originally built as the headquarters for…

The Compass Report: Arkansas, metro area economies ‘robust’ to begin 2023

Arkansas’ four top metro areas are healthy with “robust” and “stable” job growth a common factor in the regions, according to the first quarter 2023 The Compass Report. Job numbers…

CARTI opens new surgery center in Little Rock

Cancer care provider CARTI opened its new 57,000 square foot surgery center on Friday (June 9) at its campus in midtown Little Rock. The new surgery center includes eight private…